Conflict of Interest complaint filed against Mayor Tim Leavitt

On Tuesday June 4, the Battle Ground Reflector filed an amazing story that has been ignored by local media.

Martin Case of the Reflector reports that Clark County Commissioner David Madore who also serves on the Board of Directors of C-Tran has "filed a conflict of interest protest over a vote by fellow C-TRAN board member and Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt".

Madore has presented a contract between the engineering firm that employes Leavit, PBS Engineering and Environmental and TriMet that identified Leavitt as a “Senior Environmental Engineer” with an hourly salary rate of $48.08.

The problem is that Leavitt has repeatedly voted as a member of C-Tran's board while appearing to be a contractor for Trimet. This is a serious allegation and must be investigated by C-Tran, which is being done.

The amazing part about his story is that local media in Vancouver has chosen to ignore this issue while demonizing Madore for even bringing it up.

For now I am willing to wait for the investigation to play out, but I am not willing to help cover this up and help Tim Leavitt run for reelection. Leavitt should not only recuse himself from voting, he needs to recuse himself from C-Tran completely, at least as long as he does any consulting for Trimet, or any other firm with a direct interest in the CRCP.